Movies

Battle Beyond the Sun [Nebo zovyot] (1960) I was mistaken in thinking this was made from bits of Planet of Storms like its companion films mentioned below. It's a streamlined version of the obviously ponderous other Russian film purchased by Corman, with a couple of obscene squawking monsters clumsily added. You get longer true-color shots of the monsters in the theatrical trailer - in the film they are only shown in quick high-saturation shots - but the shot of one actually eating the other is quite strong. All quite enjoyable for me, with extremely good model work and effects, many scenes resembling classic Space Art paintings come to life. 8/10